First Do No Harm: Humanitarian Intervention and the Destruction of Yugoslavia

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First Do No Harm Republics and Autonomous Provinces of Yugoslavia, 1990 A D R I A T I C S E A Sarajevo Skopje Ljubljana Titograd (later Podgorica) Belgrade Zagreb 42° 44° 46° 22° 20° 18° 16° 14° 46° 44° 42° 14° 16° 18° 22° 20° V O J V O D I N A K O S O V O Priština Novi Sad K R A J I N A S L A V O N I A R O M A N I A A L B A N I A A U S T R I A G R E E C E B U L G A R I A S L O V E N I A C R O A T I A H U N G A R Y B O S N I A A N D H E R Z E G O V I N A MACEDONIA MONTENEGRO S E R B I A D A L M A T I A I T A L Y 0 50 100 50 0 100 mi 150 km National capital First Do No Harm Humanitarian Intervention and the Destruction of Yugoslavia David N. Gibbs Vanderbilt University Press • Nashville © 2009 by Vanderbilt University Press Nashville,Tennessee 37235 All rights reserved 13 12 11 10 09 1 2 3 4 5 This book is printed on acid-free paper made from 30% post-consumer recycled content. Manufactured in the United States of America Frontispiece: Based on “The Former Yugoslavia” (map) from the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Cartographic Section. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gibbs, David N. First do no harm : humanitarian intervention and the destruction of Yugoslavia / David N. Gibbs. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8265-1643-5 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8265-1644-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Humanitarian intervention—Bosnia and Hercegovina. 2. Humanitarian intervention—Serbia—Kosovo. 3. Yugoslav War, 1991–1995—Participation, Foreign. 4. Kosovo (Serbia)—History—Civil War, 1998–1999—Participation, Foreign. 5. United States—Foreign relations—Yugoslavia. 6. Yugoslavia—Foreign relations—United States. I.Title. JZ6369.G53 2009 949.703—dc22 2008039277 For Diana and Nathan ...